Improvement in plows



J. S. WILLSON.v

Shovel Plow.

No. 28,227. Patented May 8,1860.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN S. WILLSON, OF WAYNESBOROUGH, GEORGIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN PLOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 28,227, dated May 8, 1860.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN S. VVILLSON, of Waynesborough, in the county of Burke and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flows; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the plow. Fig. 2 represents a vertical longitudinal section through the same, and Fig. 3 represents the standard separate from the plow to show its construction.

Similar letters of reference, where they occur in the several drawings, denote like parts in all of them.

My plow is made without any welding or upsetting of the metal, whether of iron or of steel or of parts of each; and my invention consists in the manner in which I make and unite the plow, the standard, and their several connections, so as to make a cheap, strong, and efiicient plow.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the drawings.

A represents the beam of the plow, and G C the handles.

B is the standard. It is made of single bar, bent as shown in Fig. 3. Its upper end embraces and is bolted to the beam, as at a, and the handles 0 and brace or false colter D are fastened to this standard, as at b, the brace or false colter D being between the sides of the bent standard to keep them at a uniform distance from each other and to form a long slot, 0, through which the key d, that holds the plow E to the said stock, passes, said hey being flat and having a pin or fastening, 0, through it to draw it and the plow tight up to the standard.

The plow is adjusted at various heights on the standard by means of the key or bolt d and the slot 0 aforesaid. From the point I) toward the beam the sides of the standard flare outward, so as to act, as it were, as braces. The false colter is secured to the beam at f by a nut and screw, or it may be a key or Wedge, in any of the usual forms. The nandles are braced to the rear end of the beam by a rung, g, and h is an upper rung for bracing the handles at their top.

I thus make a very strong, cheap, and durable plow without upsetting or welding any of its parts, and theslot for adjusting the plow isformed by bending up the standard out'of one piece. There is no point or projection on the standard to enter the plow-plate, or vice versa, and hence nothing to prevent the plow from moving anywhere along the slot 0.

F is a shield-plate extending from the beam, to which it is fastened, to the standard, where the bolt b holds it. This plate shields the plants when plowing near them, and also strengthens the plow.

Having thus fully described the nature and object of my invention, what I claim is- In combination with the plow, the beam, and the false colter, the standard made and connected therewith, substantially as herein described.

JOHN S. WILLSON.

Witnesses:

A. B. STOUGHTON, E. GoHEN. 

